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If I break one more piece of plexiglass.....
allroy1975:
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Don't use plexi. Plexi is for crappy conversion games that have extra holes under the overlay.
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or its for people that don't want guests/kids/others messing up their artwork with scratches and have no access to adhesive vinyl printing services.
I sandwich the plexi between two pieces of wood--keeps the bit from biting the plexi and pulling it up--since i started doing this i haven't had one crack.
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man that drives me nuts. why is it every time someone has a question about how to do something, someone always has to come in and say "don't do it". That's like the 2nd time I've seen PO do that in the last week. it's almost as helpful as this post I'm making. 0
Allroy
patrickl:
--- Quote from: allroy1975 on September 01, 2004, 03:07:03 pm ---
--- Quote from: menace on September 01, 2004, 08:18:19 am ---
--- Quote ---Solution 1.
Don't use plexi. Plexi is for crappy conversion games that have extra holes under the overlay.
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or its for people that don't want guests/kids/others messing up their artwork with scratches and have no access to adhesive vinyl printing services.
I sandwich the plexi between two pieces of wood--keeps the bit from biting the plexi and pulling it up--since i started doing this i haven't had one crack.
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man that drives me nuts. why is it every time someone has a question about how to do something, someone always has to come in and say "don't do it". That's like the 2nd time I've seen PO do that in the last week. it's almost as helpful as this post I'm making. 0
Allroy
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Well, if someone asks you how to take a hairpin corner at 100mph what would you say? Maybe you'd say "don't do it"? I don't see why it is so weird to warn someone against looking for trouble.
Besides, apart from the tip not to use plexi, paigeoliver also gives a tip how to get it done anyway.
Bgnome:
--- Quote from: patrickl on September 01, 2004, 04:04:29 pm ---Well, if someone asks you how to take a hairpin corner at 100mph what would you say? Maybe you'd say "don't do it"? I don't see why it is so weird to warn someone against looking for trouble.
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i think it involves using the emergency brake and turning the steering wheel at the appropriate time. at least thats how i saw this stunt guy parallel park from going 100mph on a show called "beyond human" (or something to that effect).
vader:
My personal opinion....use the plexi, gives a nice feel, protects any artwork you might have or want to put on in the future and brightens things up. Something
I recommend gettings is a forstner bit and use it in a standard drill. I used this
on my first attemp at cutting plexi ( I used Lucite, available at Home Depot ) and
didn't get as some much as a splinter with drilling 26 holes ( 1 1/8" though ). I'd
say give it another shot and see if you like it. If you don't, take it back off, it's only
like a 11 bucks, of couse I have no clue how many sheets you went through. FYI, the first hole I cut, I did in reverse and did no problem, although slightly slower. Each additional cut was done on forward with a moderate speed. Key to no crack is using you CP as a guide and sandwiching the lucite in between it and another piece
of wood and clamping together. Good luck and you have to do what you want to do, not what everyone else wants, their not the one who have to look at it every day.
Jakobud:
Why don't you get rid of the plexi and just use Lexan like everyone else? It won't crack on you.